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Game state source: whynba · Retrieved Oct 9, 6:37 pm EDTNBA legend. Named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team and inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Biography, honors and career statistics below.
Paul Arizin
Career at a glance
Paul Arizin played 10 NBA regular seasons between 1950 and 1962, appearing in 713 games and averaging 22.8 points, 8.6 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game. He spent his whole career with Philadelphia (10 seasons between 1950 and 1962, 713 games). His best scoring season was 1958–59 with Philadelphia: 26.4 points per game over 70 games.
He rebounded best in 1951–52 at 11.3 per game. The season table marks him as the league leader in scoring twice, field-goal percentage once. Championship season: 1955–56 (Philadelphia).
In the playoffs he appeared in 8 postseason runs (49 games, 24.2 points per game). Multiplying each season’s games by its scoring average gives roughly 16,300 regular-season points (an estimate from per-game figures, not an official total).
whynba analysis of the season-by-season statistics below (Wikipedia revision, CC BY-SA 4.0). Totals are estimates from per-game averages.
About Paul Arizin
Paul Joseph Arizin (April 9, 1928 – December 12, 2006), nicknamed "Pitchin Paul", was an American basketball player who spent his entire National Basketball Association (NBA) career with the Philadelphia Warriors from 1950 to 1962. He retired with the then third highest career point total (16,266) in NBA history, and was named to the NBA's 25th, 50th and 75th anniversary teams. He was a high-scoring forward at Villanova University before being drafted by the Warriors of the fledgling NBA.
- Born
- April 9, 1928 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
- Listed weight
- 190 lb (86 kg)
- Position
- Small forward
- High school
- La Salle (Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania)
- College
- Villanova (1947–1950)
- NBA draft
- 1950: territorial pick
- Playing career
- 1950–1965
Career highlights and awards
- NBA champion (1956)
- 10× NBA All-Star (1951, 1952, 1955–1962)
- NBA All-Star Game MVP (1952)
- 3× All-NBA First Team (1952, 1956, 1957)
- All-NBA Second Team (1959)
- 2× NBA scoring champion (1952, 1957)
- NBA anniversary team (25th, 50th, 75th)
- EPBL champion (1964)
- EPBL Most Valuable Player (1963)
- 2× All-EPBL First Team (1963, 1964)
- All-EPBL Second Team (1965)
- Helms Foundation Player of the Year (1950)
- Sporting News Player of the Year (1950)
- Consensus first-team All-American (1950)
- NCAA scoring champion (1950)
- No. 11 retired by Villanova Wildcats
Career statistics
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950–51 | Philadelphia | 65 | — | .407 | .793 | 9.8 | 2.1 | 17.2 |
| 1951–52 | Philadelphia | 66 | 44.5* | .448* | .818 | 11.3 | 2.6 | 25.4* |
| 1954–55 | Philadelphia | 72 | 41.0* | .399 | .776 | 9.4 | 2.9 | 21.0 |
| 1955–56† | Philadelphia | 72 | 37.8 | .448 | .810 | 7.5 | 2.6 | 24.2 |
| 1956–57 | Philadelphia | 71 | 39.0 | .422 | .829 | 7.9 | 2.1 | 25.6* |
| 1957–58 | Philadelphia | 68 | 35.0 | .393 | .809 | 7.4 | 2.0 | 20.7 |
| 1958–59 | Philadelphia | 70 | 40.0 | .431 | .813 | 9.1 | 1.7 | 26.4 |
| 1959–60 | Philadelphia | 72 | 36.4 | .424 | .798 | 8.6 | 2.3 | 22.3 |
| 1960–61 | Philadelphia | 79 | 37.2 | .425 | .833 | 8.6 | 2.4 | 23.2 |
| 1961–62 | Philadelphia | 78 | 35.7 | .410 | .805 | 6.8 | 2.6 | 21.9 |
| Career | 713 | 38.4 | .421 | .810 | 8.6 | 2.3 | 22.8 | |
| All-Star | 9 | 22.9 | .466 | .806 | 5.2 | 0.7 | 15.2 |
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Philadelphia | 2 | — | .519 | .813 | 10.0 | 1.5 | 20.5 |
| 1952 | Philadelphia | 3 | 40.0 | .453 | .879 | 12.7 | 2.7 | 25.7 |
| 1956† | Philadelphia | 10 | 40.9 | .450 | .838 | 8.4 | 2.9 | 28.9* |
| 1957 | Philadelphia | 2 | 11.0 | .375 | .600 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| 1958 | Philadelphia | 8 | 38.6 | .391 | .778 | 7.8 | 2.0 | 23.5 |
| 1960 | Philadelphia | 9 | 41.2 | .431 | .873 | 9.6 | 3.7 | 26.3 |
| 1961 | Philadelphia | 3 | 41.7 | .328 | .697 | 8.7 | 4.0 | 22.3 |
| 1962 | Philadelphia | 12 | 38.3 | .375 | .863 | 6.7 | 2.2 | 23.2 |
| Career | 49 | 38.6 | .411 | .829 | 8.2 | 2.6 | 24.2 |
Per-game averages. † won an NBA championship · * led the league · ‡ NBA record (as marked).
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- Height
- 6′ 4″
- Weight
- 190 lb
- Position
- Small forward
- Jersey
- Not listed
- Country
- USA
- School / last affiliation
- Not listed
- Draft year
- Not listed
- Draft pick
- Undrafted / not listed
Height, Weight, Position, Country: blank in the NBA.com profile, filled from the Wikipedia infobox credited in the About section above.
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